Just a quick word to remind readers that The Ocean Party, one of our favourite Australian guitar pop bands ever, released their final ever record yesterday. Nothing Grows was penned in its idiosyncratic entirety by the youngest of the...
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Quivers, the Melbourne based band coalescing around Tasmanian artist Sam J. Nicholson have released their sparkling new single ‘You’re Not Always On My Mind’. Ramping up the production in comparison to their almost lo-fi like debut album We’ll Go...
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Read Part One here Our feature on Alister Douglas, his band Blush Response and the release of their debut Hearts Grow Dull was initially was going to be a one part feature, a potted history if you like of...
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Melbourne electronic duo Jonnine Standish and Nigel Yang aka HTRK have followed up Drama, their superb double A sided single from the middle of the year with two more stunners. Featuring the deep and melodic ‘Dying of Jealousy’ and...
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Last week Adelaide electronic pop duo Adam Dormand and James Kenneally aka PINES, dropped their new single ‘Speak’. Let its deep dark bass tones, pre-eminent rhythmic shuffle and the detached sensuality of London based Swedish-Iranian vocalist Ayelle engulf you below and then...
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Berlin & Ibiza based DJ/Producer Juliet Fox has released Robotic Mode, her thumping new four track EP for Octopus Black. It follows up a busy few months for the Adelaide born Fox who has released a diverse range of techno...
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Last week Australian electronic label Nightime Drama released Southern Series 001. The first compilation release for the six year old Adelaide and Sydney based imprint, it’s an eclectic and satiating selection of tracks from eight Australian producers who display...
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Melbourne producer Dion Tartaglione aka Planeté, has wasted no time in releasing more new material in the wake of his recent EP Continuum released last month. ‘Vectors’ is alternately dramatic, poignant and wistful and boasts the kind of club inspired shuffle utilised...
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Melbourne artist Ella Thompson recently released the deeply conceptual musical shapeshifter ‘Snow’, the first single to be lifted from her forthcoming EP Hysteria. It’s vocal mastery at its finest as Thompson ponders the liquidity existing within the often stifled...
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Melbourne electronic pop duo Hemm recently signed to Spirit Level (Happy Axe, Wawatosa, Braille Face, Sophie Hutchings) and released a new EP that rests on a brand new mix of the elaborate and engaging ‘Emerging With The Day’, a...
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